A man's conditioned is being monitored after feeling sick upon returning from Nigeria. The hospital says there is no reported case of Ebola.

A man's conditioned is being monitored after feeling sick upon returning from Nigeria. The hospital says there is no reported case of Ebola.

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Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Oct 9, 2014

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WEBVTT YOU SAW IT FIRSTON WLWTLOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS ON HIGHALERT.A PATIENT INMIDDLETOWN SCREENEDFOR EBOLA AFTER TRAVELING TOAFRICA AND REPORTING SEEINGSICK.THE MEDICAL CENTER ISEMPHASIZING THEY DO NOT HAVE ACONFIRMED CASE.IT SET OFF CDCPROTOCOLS RELATEDTO THE HANDLING OF POSSIBLEEBOLA CASES.I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO.I'M MIKE DARDIS.HEALTH OFFICIALS IN WARREN ANDSURROUNDING COUNTIES AND THEOHIO DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH WERECLUED INTO WHAT WAS HAPPENINGTHERE AT ATRIUM MEDICAL CENTERIN MIDDLETOWN.CAR INCH JOHNSON BROKE THE STORYAND SHE IS LIVE WITH THE DAY'SDEVELOPMENTS.WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW ISTHERE IS A MAN HERE AT ATRIUMMEDICAL CENTERIN MIDDLETOWNWHOSE CONDITION IS BEINGMONITORED.SOURCES TELL ME HE CONTACTEDTHEHOSPITAL AFTER FEELING SICK UPONRETURNING FROMNIGERIAS.THERE IS NO CONFIRMED CASE OFEBOLA.AA BUTLER COUNTY MAN IS INVIOLATION, HIS CONDITION BEINGMONITORED.DOES NOT HAVE A FEVERAND DOESNOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOREBOLA.BALLS OF OF THAT THE CDCWON'TTEST FOR THE DISEASE.BECAUSE OF SOME OF HIS SYMPTOMSAND BECAUSE OF HIS TRAVEL WE ARETOLD HISCASE DID TRIGGER THEPROTOCOL FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESLIKE EBOLA.THEOHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCONFIRMS HE RECENTLY TRAVELED TONIGERIA BUT WAS NOT IN THE AREAINFECTED BY EBOLA: WE TRIED TOGETMORE DETAILS CONCERNED BUTHOSPITAL OFFICIALS TOLD MEBECAUSE OF HIPA LAWS THEY COULDNOTCOMMENT ON THE PATIENT.THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ALSODECLINED AN ONCAMERA INTERVIEW AND ASKED HERVOICE NOT BE RECORDED WHEN ITALKED TOHER ON THE PHONE.SHE SAYS THEY ROUTINELY PUTPATIENTS INISOLATION WHO MAYHAVEA CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.THE CDC IS NOT REQUIRED TO GETINVOLVED UNLESS ITWAS ACONFIRMED CASE.IT'S PART OF THE PARTNERSHIPTO BE SURE WE ARE ALL WORKINGTOGETHER AND UNDER THE SAMEPROCEDURES, KNOW WHAT IS GOINGON, SO IF A CASE DOESACTUALLYHAPPEN, EITHER SOME TIME IN THEFUTURE, THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO DONEXT.SO, AGAIN WHAT WE HAVECONFIRMED RIGHT NOW IS THERE ISA MAN HEREAT ATRIUM WHO IS INISOLATION.THE BUTLER COUNTYHEALTHDEPARTMENT TELLS ME THE CDC HASRULED OUT EBOLA EVEN THOUGH HEWASN'T TESTEDBECAUSE SEVERAL

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A man's conditioned is being monitored after feeling sick upon returning from Nigeria. The hospital says there is no reported case of Ebola.